Small shops twisting up like a helix around an atrium. Most people follow the given route and walk in the same direction: upstairs! If you want to have some fun, you should walk the opposite direction, downstairs ^_^ (click to enlarge picture)

Electronic market - even at the big ones each floor has many independent dealers which compete to each other and try to get the most customers. So be careful! If you come too close to one of the shops they won't let you go! (click to enlarge picture)

Picture of Looloos with electronic device at electronic market. I wonder if there are LooLoo-toilet-seats which can give a massage? (click to enlarge picture)

Thousands of different ricecookers at electronic market. As rice is the main dish for most asian people, they love to have always rice-ready-to-eat at their kitchens ricecooker. (click to enlarge picture)

Photo of a bookstore. Some big bookstores sell international magazines and books. Of course it's quite expensive! I can buy German magazines there, but costs are three times as high as in Germany! (click to enlarge picture)

Finding books by the bookstore computer terminal - the map on the screen shows the location of the book which you are looking for. You also get an information if the book is not available at the shop. (click to enlarge picture)

The famous book 1984 in Korean language (click to enlarge picture)

Clothes market at Central Bus Terminal with many small shops and good cheap offers. It's a womens shopping paradise! So many small shops! (click to enlarge picture)

Pharmacy shop. (click to enlarge picture)

Pharmacy shop. (click to enlarge picture)

Convenience store - you can buy food, drinks and snacks there. If you buy instant noodles you can cook them right inside the shop with a ready water boiler, and if you buy an instant dish, you can use the microwave oven inside the shop. (click to enlarge)

Sales booth for socks on an old truck - There are many shops like this in the street. They come in the morning and go in the evening. The shop owner sits in front and reads his newspaper. (click to enlarge picture)

Bakery "Paris Baguette" - if you want to buy some normale white bread or baguette, you should go to this chain shop. Otherwise it's quite hard to find normal bread at shops in Seoul. Most shops sell only sweetened bread. (click to enlarge picture)

Iron chopsticks and spoons at general store (click to enlarge picture)

Wooden chopsticks at general store (click to enlarge picture)

Butcher shop (click to enlarge picture)

Ice cream parlor (click to enlarge picture)

Small shoe store. Actually you find many very small shops in Seoul. Some shops are so tiny that it's hard to stand inside and check the offered goods. (click to enlarge picture)

Really small shops next to each other in a long row. This picture shows really three single shops! (click to enlarge picture)

Popular shopping street in Seoul (click to enlarge picture)

Store for costume jewelry inside a subway station (click to enlarge picture)

A Korean woman trying a funny red hat in a second hand shop in Seoul (click to enlarge picture)

A German man waiting for the Korean woman to finish her shopping...which may last a few hours more ^__^ (click to enlarge picture)

P i c t u r e s o f S e o u l

Photos and videos about the capital city of South Korea.

Sightseeing tips and inside information for holiday tourists and travelers.